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Original leak via xAI: https://grook.ai/share?id=e269e88a7b1a71eff4f176c864b30161 https://grook.ai/share?id=e269e88a7b1a71eff4f176c864b30161 Quotes & citations
by kidme5 2y ago
Original leak via xAI: https://grook.ai/share?id=e269e88a7b1a71eff4f176c864b30161 https://grook.ai/share?id=e269e88a7b1a71eff4f176c864b30161
Quotes & citations:
- Nature study on Mars being infeasible with Starship: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54012-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54012-0
- Gwynne Shotwell, asked whether SpaceX would launch offensive weapons into orbit, to which she answered, “If it’s for the defense of this country, yes, I think we would” https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/09/spacex-well-consider-launching-space-weapons-if-asked/151328/ https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/09/spacex-well-co...
- U.S. government to develop space-based missile defense: https://www.science.org/content/article/decades-after-reagan-s-star-wars-trump-calls-missile-defenses-would-blast-warheads-sky https://www.science.org/content/article/decades-after-reagan...
- Political speech on constructing a new Strategic Defense Initiative: "we will build a shield in space to protect our people from the unthinkable threat of nuclear weapons" https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-plans-plant-flag-28516928 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-pla...
- Shield overlayer "would put around 1,000 networked microsatellites in orbit that would serve as both sensors and communication relays, as well as platforms for launching interceptors." https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/time-new-missile-defense-review-and-space-based-missile-defense-overlayer#:~:text=1.%20A%20Space%2Dbased%20Overlayer https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/time-new-missile-def... SHIELD overlayer
- kidme5 2y agoIf you're going to downvote, please explain any disagreement with the references.
- infotainment 2y agoIt's not a "leak" if it's literally just reading news articles and summarizing them.
- samegene321 2y agoYou must have not read the whole thing
- lupusreal 2y agoI read the whole thing and I don't see any evidence of leaked information. It's synthesizing this argument from public information and reasonable inferences but not any privileged information. It is hardly the first one to connect these dots. I and many others came to these same conclusions years ago when it became apparent that SpaceX had the ability to execute on the Starlink plan.
- falleng0d 2y agoIt's not a leak.